PLO: TIME TO DITCH ‘INHERITED’ MODELS OF GOVERNMENT

Ever wondered what Africa would be like now had the European colonisers never come? What kind of societies would we have, and what kind of leaders?

This is no mere exercise in fantasy. According to Pan-African scholar PLO Lumumba, we need to think hard about the kinds of government we really want on our continent - because, right now, we are making do with systems inherited from the colonisers, which are not fit for our purposes.

He goes further. We need to see beyond the artificial borders imposed on our lands. Division doesn’t help us on the global stage. What’s the point of 54 nations with little clout when united? They’d hit the ball out of the park.

Lumumba is the first to admit that it’s easier to talk about all this in grandiose terms than actually making it happen. Watch him here passionately plea to Africa’s young to seize this ‘inter-generational project’ by the horns.

Are you on board? So what’s the plan?